{"id":131605,"date":"2023-08-21T16:10:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T15:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=131605"},"modified":"2023-08-21T16:10:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T15:10:09","slug":"moorhall-road-reopens-hs2s-colne-valley-viaduct-progresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/moorhall-road-reopens-hs2s-colne-valley-viaduct-progresses\/131605\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorhall Road reopens as HS2\u2019s Colne Valley Viaduct progresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Harefield&#8217;s Moorhall Road has been reopened after HS2 engineers completed works on a 40-metre<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fsection of the Colne Valley Viaduct<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The timing of the road closure was chosen to align with the school&#8217;s summer holidays, minimising disruptions for the local community.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">During this time, HS2 engineers safely installed eleven segments of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs2.org.uk\/building-hs2\/viaducts-and-bridges\/colne-valley-viaduct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colne Valley Viaduct<\/a>, each weighing between 115 to 130 tonnes.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These segments were then further reinforced with internal steel cabling. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Colne Valley Viaduct will be the UK\u2019s longest railway bridge<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Once complete, the Colne Valley Viaduct will be the longest railway bridge in the United Kingdom.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The viaduct will span two miles, covering the Grand Union Canal, River Colne, local roads, and a series of lakes on the outskirts of London, connecting Ruislip to the beginning of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hs2-chiltern-grassland-transformation-project-lays-first-million-cubic-metres-of-chalk\/115596\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chiltern tunnels<\/a>.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Each component of the viaduct is manufactured in a temporary facility located nearby with direct access to the M25 highway.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The majority of the viaduct&#8217;s 1000 segments were positioned using a 700-tonne &#8216;launching girder&#8217;, the only of its type in the UK. However, the engineers used a different approach at Moorhall Road to coincide with the school summer holidays when traffic volume is lighter.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"jPWqs4Pee4s\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HS2 completes key Colne Valley Viaduct span during three-week road closure\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jPWqs4Pee4s?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>HS2 are pleased with the project\u2019s progress<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cHS2 will transform journeys across the UK, boosting the economy and unlocking more space on our existing rail network. But it\u2019s also important that we minimise disruption during construction,\u201d said HS2 Ltd\u2019s senior project manager, Billy Ahluwalia.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThat\u2019s why we brought forward the construction of this span, so it could be done during the school summer holidays when we knew traffic would be lighter. It\u2019s great to see the span complete, and I\u2019d like to thank everyone who worked so hard over the last 3-weeks to get it done,\u201d he added.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Coln Valley Viaduct project is being overseen by Align JV, the primary works contractor of HS2 Ltd. Align JV is a collaboration comprising Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine, and VolkerFitzpatrick.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The viaduct has been built into the terrain in certain parts to help it blend into the landscape and reduce its impact on the lakes while matching the natural surroundings.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cHaving the flexibility to introduce a crane to complete the span across Moorhall Road during the summer holidays rather than using the launching girder,\u201d said Align&#8217;s surface operations director, Derek van Rensburg.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThis minimised the impact on the local community, which is all credit to the Align team involved, and our supply chain partners, in particular VSL, whom we worked with to deliver the work safely,\u201d said Align&#8217;s surface operations director, Derek van Rensburg.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harefield&#8217;s Moorhall Road has been reopened after HS2 engineers completed works on a 40-metre\u202fsection of the Colne Valley Viaduct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172731],"tags":[91241,473,280],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-131605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-projects","7":"tag-bridge-construction","8":"tag-hs2","9":"tag-transport"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Moorhall Road reopens as HS2\u2019s Colne Valley Viaduct progresses<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Moorhall Road reopens fter HS2&#039;s 40m Colne Valley Viaduct progress, timed during school holidays for community convenience\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/moorhall-road-reopens-hs2s-colne-valley-viaduct-progresses\/131605\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Moorhall Road reopens as HS2\u2019s Colne Valley Viaduct progresses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Harefield&#039;s Moorhall Road has been reopened after HS2 engineers completed works on a 40-metre\u202fsection of the Colne Valley Viaduct.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/moorhall-road-reopens-hs2s-colne-valley-viaduct-progresses\/131605\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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